Well finally got back to the imaging side of things. This image is 10.6 hours of data. The guiding, pointing and stability of the equipment is great. Very happy overall with this image. It needs maybe some more data to deal with the dark dust lane and the noise in that area.
For those interested I would like to point out that you can pull a PME apart and put it back together properly without sending it back to Software Bisque.
The images I obtained this weekend are proof of that fact. I think I put it back together correctly.
Take a good look around the image. Try to find the face on barred spiral galaxy.
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Feel free to provide critique of the image. I would like to know how to get rid of the two blue reflections near the left center of the image. I have tried a few techniques without success. The reflections are caused from the star just out of the field of view on the center right.